Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 13, 1912, Page 1

——— S » " THE BEMIDJI " VOLUME 9. NUMBER 24, POST OFFICE MEN WANT HOUR LAW Clerks Feel That They Should Be Protected as Well as Government Employees. REASONS FOR THEIR REQUEST Expedition Keynote of Postal Service —No Economy in Employing Too Little Help MUST PUT IN OUTSIDE WORK | | In Order That They May Pass Fre-| quent Examinations They Must lta and POPPOVCOOOOPOO9 O @ OUTSIDE NEWS CONDENSED, ¢ PP000000OO9000060 Tampa, Fla., Feb. 13.—Members of the Southern Ice Exchange, repre- jsenting all of the States from the Carolinas to Texas, assembled at the Tampa Bay Hotel today-and began their annual convention. The sessions will last three days and will be lib- ferally interspersed with features of |of entertainment. 1 . Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. 13.—E. W. Stephens, the chairman, and the other members of the Capitol Build- Ing’ Commission entrusted with the planning and the erection of a new capitol to replace the structure de- |strc'yed by fire on Feb. 5 of last year, { to visit the capitols of Arkansas, Mis- | | sissippi, Kentucky, Indiana, Minneso- | Wisconsin, with a view of gathering valuable information which will guide them in their fu- ture work. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 13.—Arrange- 'ments have been completed for the Study at Home ¥ - | i Conditlons as to hours, of labor for! clerks in post offices have become sol Liad that the clerks assembled in con-| vention, this year decided by nnam«i mous vote that their greatest and! most pressing need is the establish-| ment of a legal eight-hour day. Postoffice clerks occupy the unique position of being practically the only «l of government cmployees who! ave not protected by any act of Con-! sress, lintiting fn any way their hours| of labor. The principle of an eight- hour day for government employees is well established. In recent years tLis principle has even been extend- ed to cover the employes of private! contractors who might be employed on a government contract, It is di-! flicult to understand why this gen- erally recognized principle should not be legally extended to cover postoffice | clerks. There are veasons of great econo- why the eight-hour day extended to post-office] mic value should be clerks. Expedition is the very keynote of the postal service. To advance thei Qelivery of the mails is the aim ard abition of everybody identified with The postal er- every | postal service. is lightly considered by hushi man as an adjunct to his awn particular business. If there b3 delv in the transmission of his com- wunications, his business will natur- ally suffer. Where can there be any real econ- omy in failing to employ enough clerks to expeditiously distribute the mails in the post offices, and thus make the quickest possible connec- tions with these fast mail trains, which must leave on schedule? \Where there is not a sufficient force of clerks to clean up the malls in a day of eight hours, then it may safely be assumed that importantmail is being delayed because of missing train connections. This is of vital concern to the commereial world. The great majority of post office clerks work at night, under artificial vice light, constantly exercising both bo- dy and brain, and in quarters that are often unsanitary. lesides their hours in the post office, the clerks must devote other hours of study in their home to master the difficult “schemes” of mail distribution, that they may be ex- pert in handling the mail. The clerks are constantly subject- od to examinations to determine their knowledge in distribution. Every er- vor made is checked against the clerk and taken into consideration when his promotion is considered. In per- iods of stress and emergency the clerks will gladly perform overtime duty. only asking that for each ex- tra hour they receive the same com- pensation they would receive for any other hour. The clerks are not un- reasonably demanding that they be compensated for their overtime at the rate of double time or time and a half, which is the usual custom in private employment. In a recent message to Congress, the President declared himself to be in favor of extending the eigh-hour day to all government employes. Inj| tihs message the president suggested that the business of the government might be embarrassed il any arbitra- vy eight-hour day was in effect. The president suggested that the govern-i ment have sufficient leeway in deal- ing with its employes to work them more than eight hours a day in emer- gencies, and to compensate them for the extra time employed. The postoffice clerks of the coun- try heartily endorse this sentiment of the president, and are hoping that congress will soon enact legislation that will extend the eight-hour day to the postoffice clerks, both in the interests of justice to the clerk and the higher development of efficlency in the postal service. Congressman Thomas L. Reilly, of holding of the Republican State con- vention here tomorrow to name dele- i gates to represent Georgia at the na- tional convention in Chicago. Walter H. Johnson, the State chairman, and‘} other leaders of the organization are! Taft men and if present plans go jthrough the President will be indors- ed for renomination. Among the rank and file, however, there appears to be i considerable Roosevelt sentiment and may be held later in the interest of i the Roosevelt movement. | started today on a tour of inspection|. U. S. NOT T0 BUILD NEW BATTLESHIPS Congress Not Likely to Order the Construction of Two New Big Battleships TO KEEP NAVAL FORCE UP 0ld Warships Playing out rapidly. A Few Years Service and Boats Are Out of Date, BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSE Claim Democrats Will Not Let the Navy Yards Go to the Scrap Heap. By GEORGE CLINTON. ‘Washington.—It seems to be the present determination of the major- ity in the house of representatives to deny the request of the navy depart- ment for the construction of two big \n is rumored that a rival convention j battleships during the coming year. Officials of the department were con- vinced some time ago that their re- * convention bsmg held here at pres- ent, the Young Men’s-Christian as- sociations of North and South Caro- lina met here today for their ninth annual convention. Every one of the sixty or more Y. M. C. A. branches in the Carolinas is represented by dele- gates and in addition to them many ministers and laymen from various parts of the two states, who are in- terested in the work of the organiza- tion, are in attendance. The conven- tion will last two days and according {to every indication: promises to be one of the most successful gatherings. ever held in-the Carolinas. * Bloomington, Ill., Feb. 13.—With an attendance larger than usual, the 1llinois Live Stock Breeders’ associa- tion opened its seventeenth annual meeting at -the Coliseum in this city today and everything indicates that the three days session will be emin- ently successful and profitable to the attending farmers and stock breeders. The program includes addresses by noted authorities on live stock topics, lectures and demonstrations on cat- tle tuberculosis and hog cholera by Dr. A. T. Peters, superintendent of the State biological laboratory and Dr. H. R. Schwarz; the annual ban< quet on Wednesday evening and the usual stock judging contests for val- uable prizes by_persons competing for, expert certificates. . Washington, D. C., Feb. 13.—Of interest alike to shoe manufacturers and makers of shoe machinery thru- out the country is the hearing begun hefore the House Judiciary Commit- tee today on the two bills introduced by Representative Thayer of Massa- chusetts intended to prvent discrim- inations in the sale or lease of ma- chinery used in the manufacture of shoes. The bills are aimed directly against the United- Shoe Machinery Company, commonly called the “shoe machinery trust,” against whose offi- cers criminal action is pending in the Federal courts. The bills make it a criminal offence for any firm or in- dividual to place any restrictions up- on the free purchase and use of any tools, appliances or machinery used in the manufacture of shoes. * Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 15.—Prelimin- ary to a sweeping investigation which it is proposed to make into freight rates charged by the railroads in the western Provinces, the Board of Railway Commissioners met today to map out a line of procedure. The inquiry is expected to be the most important of its kind ever undertak- {en in Canada and the importance of the results on the commercial and in- dustrial interests of the West can scarcely be overéstimated. The rail- way commissioners were prompted to begin the investigation by the receipt of numerous complaints alleging dis- crimination against Alberta and Sas- katchewan in favor of Manitoba and also making general charges of ex- cessive rates throughout the West. | congress, known as H. R. 7692, which is now pending before the Commit- tee on postoffices and post roads of the House of Representatives. It is generally believed that if this bill is enacted into law it will accnmplish the purpose desired. Edwin Arden will be leading man with Viola Allen in ber new pya, Connecticut, has introduced a bill in “Tht Herfords,” quest had little chance of sanction by & house which is economically in- Charleston, S. C., Feb. 13.—In c""‘!clmed 1t seems hardly probable that junction with the Men and Religion | the senate will insist that the house | accede to the wishes of the navy de- partment, although such a thing is within the range of possibilities. Five years ago Mr. Roosevelt, then president, asked congress to author- ize the building of four big battle. ships in a single year. It was gen- erally believed at the time that the colonel asked for four ships in order that he might be sure that he would get two. The year of the Rcosevelt request the Republican majority in congress let it be understood that the inten- tion was to build'two battleships a Year each.succeeding year until the Panama Canal was opened,-and--by. that “time ‘it “was . urged the’ mavy would be big enough for offensive and defensive purposes and that it would only be necessary to build ships as other ships became antiquate ed and passed out of service. Soon Become Out-of-Date. Ships are becoming antiquated rap- idly. They seem to get into their second childhcod before they. have reached the age of youth. The last report is that the Kearsarge and the Alabama, first-class battleships only a few years old, are nearing the out- of-date condition. The navy depart- wment officlals say that if no ships are built for some years we will have to begin building the navy all over again, a proposition to which some men do not accede. The peace ad- vocates hope that if no more vessels are built the necessity for K future construction will pass and that with Hague tribunals and arbitration trea- ties, turrets and twelve-inch guns will go to the scrap heap. Some of the members: of the ma- jority in the house say that they do not agree with the peace advocates and that there {s no intention of let- ting the navy go to the sorap heap and that the Democrats can be de- pended upon to keep the mavy up to the fighting standard. The program, however, does not necessitate the building of two great ships this year at a cost of something like thirty million. It is just fifty years ago now -that the famous ironclad Monitor was launched at the Brooklyn navy yard. From that day fron and steel ships gradually have taken .the place of the old wooden frigate There is & tremendous contrast, however,* be- tween the first ironclads, the morth- ern Monitor and the southern Merri- mac and the dreadnaughts of today. Navy's Growth Shown in Models. In the new National museum' in Washington Americans can learn by Inspection of many models, the de- velopment of the navy in the last half century. The models follow & fixed scale. They are not large, but they show every detall of every class of war ship of the navy from the very beginning of war vessel construction In this country. The old Constitution, which won so many notable victories in the .War of 1812 over British vessels, is shown, and near her is a model of the great- est war vessel afloat, the ] constructed American battleship Flor- Ida. It is a long time since the day of the supremacy of the wooden ships, but that time is spanned by the lives of men still active. There are -in Washington several old sailors on the retired list who served on the Consti- tution and the famous if by no means equally famous Constellation, The Constellation is gone, but the old Constitution is moored in .the basin of the navy yard at Charlestown, Masgs. It generally has been sup- posed that most of the timbers of th Constitution have’ been replaced, but: it is sald that a large part of the oaK which first entered into her construc- tion is there today, weather proof and sea proof. o To pass from war ships to pleasure ships, cently to BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUE recently | (Copyright, 11X, g WILLCE-E BRING N ISOME MORE FIRE- WOOD (i i l N s ,fn.’- I L WooorrE& HU» » me mu/mv AXNANOLE Corporal Marsha]l Would Get a Di voree, But Hig Wife Won’t Let. Him. WILL HAVE TO.QUIT ARMY LIFE Spokane, Wash;, Feb. 13.—Wheth- er-a soldier in the United States army can receive a decree of divorce from his wife is a question:ipyolved in the application of Juan Marshall, a cor- poral in the Twenty-fifth infantry, eight companies of which are sta- tioned at Fort George Wright in Spo- kane. Mrs. Marshall says in an answer to the complaint that the plaintiff cannot establish his residence, as he was ordered to the local’ post by the federal government and will be or- dered away, also that as the state of Washington ceded grounds occupied by the fort the post is not legally a part of the commonwealth and that by living there a residence in the state cannot be established. The ‘statutes-of-~Washington re- quire a residence of a year before a decree of divorce can ge granted. One way out ig for Marshall to quit the army and establish a resi- dence. No Council Meeting Last Night. Because of the fact that last even- ing was a holiday, it being Lineoln’s birthday, there was no council meet- ing last evening. Daughter for Dr. and Mrs. Palmer. Born—TVYesterday to Dr. and Mrs. G. M. Palmer, a girl. ftan, which won the America’s cup from the British yacht Genesta im 1885, is now hauling gravel between New York. city and the Cape Verde Islands. The Puritan, first a racing yacht, then a pleasure yacht, and later a fishing vessel, was for two years an adjunct to a junk heap, but now it has been rebuilt for the gravel trade. Boats, llke men, .sometimes descend rapidly from their high es- tate. It Hurt Him, "Gee whizz! I wish I could find the fellow who stole’my umbrella—" “Oh, cut it out! Why do you make # fuss over a little thing like that?" “Little thing? -Why, man, I actually bought that umbrella.” — Catholic Btandard and Times. Queer “Burlal: Customs. The attempt made by thieves tc plunder the grave of a famous Paris- jlan actress reminds a writer in the | Journal des Debats that the ancien: custom of depositing valuabls in tombs still prevails in France. But 1t 18 not only Jewels and the like that are buried with the dead. A few years ago it was the custom in La Vendee to put a polished stone within reach of the corpse. This was supposed to guide the dead on their new journey, In the district of Dinan a plece of consecrated bread was. my! for the same purpose. The people 6 fin a sprig of myrtle blessed at Easter. This is considered:to insure entry in-| to paradise. - Oon the borders of Brittany and xmmugmimuimpmmum | betore the great tribunal wih such SOLDIERS IN HARD LUCI(g e enar TReDE 'basket ball announces that he has’ { " | sistance of a number of the éitizens. the Bordeaux: district place in the cof- |- |ed this-season they have a team ‘venes in May. Amngemexm About Comnplete for» Basket Ball Contest Between | Schools. Manager Ryan of the high school ! practically completed nn‘nngementa‘ !for a game to be played in this city | {next Friday evening between the high schools of Bemidji and Fosston. Although Fosston hag been defeat- which will make Bemidji work to win from, and defeat for the local boys will put them out of the race for the championship. 3 It ig_probable that a game wnl be! nungad for the -near: future be- tween Bemidji and Bagley, the teams will likely fight for the championship of Northern Minnesota. -Bagley has| not been defeated this year, and only once in 1911, when Bemidji turned the trick. INDIANS GET “BOOZE” Louis Catalino May Be Guilty of Sell- ing Intoxicating Liquor to Indians. BOUND OVER TO DISTRI@ COURT For about two weeks last past it has been noticed that there were oc- casionally drunken Indians seen on the streets of Cass Lake late at night. The police have been working dilig- ently in the attempt to locate the ‘bootleggers” and in that had the as- Last Saturday evening one of the citizens gave the police a clue with the result that after several hours of watching Indians were discovered en- tering the rooms of Louis Catalino. He was watched for some time and was discovered going out to purchase alcohol and returning with it to his house. - A little later Ofllcer Fred Warner entered the place and discovered that one squaw ‘was already much under the influence of liquor and he also found the half used alcohol bottle standing beside her and on ‘question- ing her, she admitted that-Catalino had furnished her with the alcohol for money supplied by her:l: Catalino was arrested ° morning had a preliminary hearing before Judge Ives where he pleaded not guilty.” Judge Ives howeyer found that there was probable cause to be- lieve him guilty and he was bound over to thg district court in the sum of $300 which he was unable to furn- ish and in default.of which he will have to remdin in jail mmL the ‘next term of the district court which con- & 3 _ AMERICAN LEAGUE MEETING | Chicago, 1Il., Feb. 13.<The base- ball magm.wu of the Ami 'flnerfing Ain nothing ‘of much: mpor ceive attention. i Held County Convention Here For * |tention and some actfon may be tak= ': slab on which the pitcher stands and ;SOCIALISTS MET MONDAY | Purpose of Electing State Meet- ing Delegates. GRANT NAMED FROM BEMIDJI Twenty-two Public Ownership Del- egates from the various locals of Bel- trami i county met in Bemidji yester- day for the purpose of electing dele- gates to attend the state convention, | which will be held February 19, in Minneapolis to- nominate their var-| ious candidates for state officers. The meeting was held in’ the Grand Theatre. s The following men were named as delegates to Minneapolis: J."H. Grant of Bemidji, Viggo Pet- erson of Puposky and J. F. Haynes of Liberty. These men will go to the state con- vention and will nominate those who they heueve should represent the party at the fsfl election, as'will the delegates from each county of the state, subject to referendum. That is the names of all those nominated at the convention will be placed on a list which will be sent to the locals of the state, where they will be voted on by the members of the party. The men who received the highest vote for the respective offices will, be the nominee of the party. ARRESTS WILL BE MADE TODAY Labor Leaders in Many Cities Are Included in Indictments- Indianapolis, Feb. 13.—On the eve of the arrest of the men indicted in the dynamite .conspiracy cases it ‘was reported tonight that the num- ber of defendants would be 54. The| arrests may take place today. Many officers in one labor union and one officer in each of two unions are believed to be involved. It is un- derstood that no individuals west of | Salt Lake City not heretofore involv- ed in the dynamiting inquiries un- der indictment here. Many cities in the east and in! Ohio, Illinois and Missouri are said to be the points from which the fed- eral authorities expect to receive re- ports of arrests. NATIONAL LEAGUE MEETING New York, Feb. 13.—The club ow- ners of the National League, togeth-| er with the organization officials and several team managers, were on hand bright and ear'y today for the sec- ond section of their annual meeting, the first part of which was held in!- December. The sessions are held at; the Hotel Breslin, in this city, and weill probably last until late tomorrow or Thurgday. The magnates will adopt a schedule of games for the coming season and the rules commits tee will-be kept busy with the con- sideration of several proposed chang. es. Open dates and the playing of | postponed games are to- receive at- nge the size-of the rubber to redyce-th size of the uplkeg worn CASS LAKE-BEMIDJI SMOKER TONIGHT Commercial Club Members of ’l'wo Places to Meet at Club Rooms This Evening. ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE T0 COME Is For the Purpose of Encouraging a More Neighborly Feeling Be- tween Cities. WILL EVENTUALLY MEAN MUCH Relation Has Never Been Real Friendly and it is Hoped Much Will be Accomplished. Members of the Cass Lake Commer- cial Club have accepted the invita- tion of the Bemidji Commereial Club to attend a social smoker which will be held in the club rooms here this La\'anlng. and about twenty of the neighboring town’s business men will visit Bemidji for that purpose to- night. During the history of the two cit- ies the relation between them has never been real friendly, and one of the main reasons for the affair this evening is that a more neighborly feeling be encouraged, which it is hoped will result in much benefit to both. Several of the Cass Lake men ar- rived on the afternoon Great North- ern and Soo Passenger trains, but the remainder of them will not reach Be- midji until the evening train. Men from both clubs will talk dur- ing the evening. It is urged by the officers of the Bemidji organization that as many of the members as possible be pres- ent at the smoker. - - {LIBERAL TERMS FOR EMPEROR Publication of Edicts Gives Relief Of Foreigners and: Chinese. Peking, Feb. 13.—After occupy- ing the throme of China for nearly three centuries, the Manchu dynas- ty, represented by the child emperor, Pu Yi, abdicated today. Three edicts were issued, the first proclaiming the abdication; the sec- ond dealing with the republic and’ the third urging the maintenance of peace and approving the conditions which was agreed to by the imperial premier, Yuan Shi Kai and the re- publicans. At an audience yesterday the empress dowager thanked Yuan Shi Kai for his successful efforts in obtaining good treatment for the im- perial family from the republicans. The publication of the edicts has given profound relief to every one in Peking, both foreigners and Chin- ese. The arrangement_is considered to be a skilful compromise, but it is be- lieved the terms will satisfy republi- cans. The first edict provides that the terms shall be communicated to the foreign legations for transmission to their respective governments, the object being to record world-wide the republican pledges. In consideration for the abdication the republicans made eight pledges. {BOUNDARY COMMISSION MEETS. Joint Commission of Wisconsin and Minnesota in Session Today St Paul, Minn,, Feb. 13.—The joint committee of the Wisconsin and Minnesota legislatures, appointed to ‘| settle boundary differences between the two States, held a meeting at the Capitol here today. The principal matters for the consideration of the joint committee are the state boun- dary lines on the St, Louis River, and in Lake Pepin on the Mississippi. Brotherhood of David Boys Meet: Last night the Brotherhood of Da- vid met in their room in the base- ment of the First Methodist church 'to hold their regular- semi-monthly business: meeting. Earl Riley was taken in as 8 member of the club and several other Dboys were considered but were lald oyer until the next meeting. After some discussion, the